In order to rush back to see the second lady, Jia Lian dressed lightly and did not inform anyone in advance.
Therefore, after his fast horse drove to Ningrong Street and entered the East Crossing Courtyard, the servants of Rongguo Mansion finally realized that Jia Lian had returned to his home.
Jia Lian Yuan.
When Jia Lian walked in, he saw no one, only his daughter's clear and clear laughter could be heard from the west wing.
Jia Lian followed the sound and came in, and sure enough he saw his daughter in a red dress standing by the short kang, being teased with laughter by a little girl of eight or nine years old.
A closer look revealed that the little girl was not the maid in the courtyard, but Jia Yuchai, the daughter of Jia Yucun and Jiao Xing.
When Jia Yucun was in decline in the past, he once wrote a poem that made his ambition clear:
"The jade is in the coffin for a good price, and the hairpin is in the box waiting to fly."
I think this poem has important meaning to him.
Jia Yucun, a pseudonym named Shifei, also known as Yucun. I don’t know whether he wrote this poem after he had the character first, or whether he wrote the poem first and then took the character Shifei to express his ambition.
But it is obvious that the "Jade Hairpin" in her daughter's name must have come from this poem.
Coincidentally, the word "Yuchai" coincides with the name of Daiyu Baochai. Therefore, even if Jia Lian has bad intentions towards Jia Yucun, every time he sees this little girl, he can't help but feel a lot of affection in his heart.
"Hey, it's daddy!"
Jia Qiao, who was playing a candy-guessing game with Jia Yuchai, noticed that the person walking in was Jia Lian, and immediately swooped towards Jia Lian.
When Jia Yuchai, who was originally sitting, saw Jia Lian, he immediately stood up, walked to Jia Lian, and called out obediently: "Second Uncle Lian..."
Jia Lian smiled and picked up her daughter, and kissed her sweet little face. Then Jia Lian looked at Jia Yuchai, who was standing on the ground, looking up at him with her head raised. She bent down slightly and held her with one hand.
Hug him up.
He walked to the Kang and sat down, looked at the big girl in his arms, and asked with a smile: "Why are you here, following your mother?"
Jia Yuchai was not too embarrassed to be hugged by Jia Lian. Aside from the fact that she also liked Jia Lian, when she returned to Beijing from the south, Jia Lian often hugged her.
Especially when she goes shopping with Senior Sister Lin and Uncle Lian, when she gets tired from running, Jia Lian will hold her with one hand and hold Senior Sister Lin with the other.
When her mother saw it, she didn't say anything. She could tell that both her father and mother were happy to see her getting close to Uncle Lian and Senior Sister Lin.
"Well, we came here in the morning. Mother is behind, talking to my great-aunt."
The "aunt" mentioned by Jia Yuchai refers to Xiangling's mother, Fengshi.
Perhaps Jiao Xing is grateful for the kindness she received from Feng as her mistress. Even though their identities have been completely reversed now, Jiao Xing is still willing to bend the knot and respect Feng as her master and mother.
He also asked his daughter, the direct daughter of a dignified third-rank official, to call Mrs. Feng her great-aunt.
This certainly frightened the Feng family, and also made everyone who saw and heard praise the Jia Yucun couple for their kindness and righteousness, and for repaying their kindness.
But in Jia Lian's eyes, it was just like that.
Not to mention Jia Yucun, a born white-eyed wolf, if Jiao Xing really cared so much about the kindness of the Zhen family and the kindness given to her by the Feng family, why didn't she repay the favor in the past years?
It's not like she didn't know that the Feng family was having a hard time in the old Feng family.
Of course, Jia Lian can also understand that women in this era have many inconveniences when they marry and follow their husbands.
But it was hard for them. The Feng family was now nominally a servant of the Jia family, and Jia Yucun was actually willing to let his wife and daughter recognize a servant of the Jia family as their elder.
It can be seen from this that Jia Yucun, who has experienced the ups and downs of officialdom, has completely lost his pride as a scholar and has become unscrupulous in his actions.
The evaluation of the Jia Yucun couple did not involve the children. Jia Lian had a little laugh with the two little girls in the west wing, and received countless kisses from his baby daughter and one of the little girls Jia Yuchai who was so angry that he could not help himself.
After a timid kiss, Jia Lian put them down, prepared to take a bath and change into normal clothes, then went to the garden to play with Daiyu and others.
While waiting in the room for the maids and servants to prepare the hot water, a subtle and slightly charming young woman's voice sounded.
"I have met the Marquis."
Jia Lian looked up and saw that it was Jiao Xing who was dressed as an official wife and came over.
Jia Lian sat upright, nodded and said, "Hello, madam, please sit down. Qing'er, watch the tea."
Liu Xinqing, who was sitting sideways on the footrest and squeezing Jia Lian's legs, got up and served tea after hearing this.
"Don't bother me. I'm here just to visit my wife, and to see Lin Yatou and Xiangling Yatou.
I was planning to go back, but I happened to hear that the Marquis had returned to his residence, so I came to pay my respects."
Jiao Xing said, but her eyes were fixed on "Qing'er" who got up from the ground. She secretly sighed that Jia Lian was surrounded by so many beautiful wives and concubines.
Qingwen Xiangling and others were familiar to her, but she had never thought that a leg-beating maid she had never seen before, who was obviously of low status, could be born like Xiaojiabiyu, with shy features and cute eyes.
He has so many beauties to enjoy, no wonder he lacks interest in himself!
Jiao Xing thought to herself, looking at Jia Lian with a trace of sadness.
While the maid went to the compartment, Jiao Xing took two steps to come to Jia Lian and said with a smile: "Just now I saw an extra hairpin on the head of the girl Yu Chai. After asking, I found out that it was a reward from the Marquis again.
of.
The Marquis also dotes on her too much. How can she be a little girl and give her such precious things casually?"
Looking at the slender figure, beautiful face, and real-looking Jiao Xing in front of him, Jia Lian smiled slightly.
Although the foundation of Jiayu Village was shallow, at one time it was not even possible to get the money needed for recovery.
But as the saying goes, if you clear the prefecture in three years, you will get one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.
Jia Yucun has been the prefect for several years in a prosperous place like Jinling City, and now he has become the prefect of Shuntian. He has a high and powerful position. How can a hairpin worth just a few taels of silver be seen in the eyes of a dignified third-grade imperial wife?
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because there are many beautiful girls in his family, Jia Lian has already made a habit of carrying some valuable gadgets with him at all times in case of rewards.
Just now, the little girl Yuchai learned to kiss him on the face under the repeated inducement of Sister Qiao. Jia Lian was so happy that he naturally gave him a small hairpin as a reward. This was a trivial matter.
Jia Lian knew very well what the noble young lady was thinking when she tried to get close to her with such a trivial matter.
He casually slapped her on the buttocks covered by her long skirt. Facing the noble lady's shy and reluctant gaze, Jia Lian said lightly: "A few gadgets are not worth anything.
On the contrary, my sister-in-law is so beautiful and she has been out for so long. I'm afraid Brother Amemura has long been worried about her.
If Madam Sister-in-law is not afraid of Brother Yucun’s worries, why not stay for lunch. It just so happens that I still have some government affairs that I want to discuss with Brother Yucun, so now I ask Madam-in-law to pass the news on my behalf, it must be the same thing.”
Jiao Xing was slapped and her heart skipped a beat, thinking that Jia Lian was going to do something to her again.
After hearing Jia Lian's words, she realized that she had been teased by Jia Lian again.
On the boat, I was so excited that I was seduced by Jia Lian, and I wanted to do something exciting. I was about to succeed, but I didn't expect that I would be ruined by my ignorant daughter.
Although there were similar good opportunities later, both Jia Lian and she seemed to have more restraint. At most, they were ambiguous and never touched the situation.
Although she knew rationally that this was correct, the scratching feeling in her heart became even stronger.
But after all, she was Jia Yucun's wife, and she had risen from a humble beginning. Jia Yucun treated her well. Therefore, even though she was charmed by Jia Lian, she was far from crazy enough to ignore her and try every possible means to get out.
From the beginning to the end, she was limited to such a tempting attitude of resisting and welcoming. Anything that could make Jia Lian unable to resist, even just touching her or touching her, would make her heart tremble and she would feel comfortable for several days.
So cool...
Therefore, even though she really wanted to have so many secret meetings with Jia Lian, in order not to be exposed, even under the premise that Jia Yucun told her to have a good relationship with the Jia family, when Jia Lian was at home, she rarely visited Jia Lian.
From the government.
Unexpectedly, after learning that Jia Lian had gone to Tianjin Wei, he went to Jia's house to deepen his relationship with Daiyu and others, but he happened to meet Jia Lian returning home.
Under such circumstances, she had no choice but to come over and try to see if there were any tricks.
So he asked his daughter to go find Xiang Ling, while she came alone to see Jia Lian.
Sure enough, under such circumstances, Jia Lian took action against her again, but not completely.
Listening to his joke asking me to stay for lunch, the real meaning of "lunch" is probably the thing that I have been thinking about but dare not take action...
It seems that in an instant, the choice is completely in your own hands.
Also, Jia Lian is a man. He cannot suffer any loss and does not need to take risks. Even if Jia Yucun knew about it, he probably would not dare to fall out with Jia Lian.
Just when Jiao Xing's expression changed and she was about to say something, she suddenly heard the voices of the maids coming from outside: "Miss Lin is here."
Jiao Xing's heart was shaken, and she looked at Jia Lian with a joking look on her face, and her mind suddenly sobered up.
After straightening her figure, Jiao Xing said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Hou, for your kindness. It's just that I have been out of the house for a long time, so it is not convenient for me to spend too much time outside.
Besides, if the Marquis returns to Beijing, our master will definitely be very happy if he knows about it, and I must go back first to tell him the good news."
After saying that, he glanced at Jia Lian with incomprehensible eyes, bowed tenderly, and turned around to leave.
Looking at Jiao Xing's hurried back, Jia Lian shook his head slightly.
Fortunately, not too stupid.
To be honest, Jiao Xing is definitely a beauty, otherwise she would not have received such preferential treatment from Jia Yucun.
However, her beauty is not that outstanding. At least, in Jia Lian's eyes, she belongs to the category of people who will not worry about it if they can't get it, and it's not a bad idea if they can try it.
It was just because she was the first beautiful maid to appear in the Red Mansion, and she was the successor to Jia Yucun, a young man, that she gave Jia Lian a different feeling.
If Jiao Xing, who just now, really dared to stay for lunch, Jia Lian would definitely not mind having some serious fun with her.
But, in that case, Jiao Xing would be a bit stupid.
In the past, it was okay for Sister Feng to be at home, but now that Sister Feng is away from home, only Jia Lian is the male master at home in the entire Jia Mansion. Jiao Xing still dares to stay in the manor to dine with him. I'm sure it won't be long before rumors start to spread.
By then, even if Jia Yucun believed in her again, I'm afraid she would no longer be allowed to travel to Jia's house.
Mrs. Gaoming, who has lost her diplomatic qualifications, is not much different from a bird in a cage.
Without thinking much about Jiao Xing's problem, Jia Lian, who heard Dai Yu's visit, quickly stuffed his shoes and walked out of the room.
Sure enough, in the main courtyard, Daiyu, who was wearing a small blue skirt, was surrounded by Jiao Xing and Jia Yuchai.
Jiao Xing still held her hand and explained something with a loving look on her face. Daiyu, who already had some social phobia, could only smile shyly but politely. She actually didn't know how to deal with the person in front of her.
The concern of my too-familiar master.
Especially when she caught a glimpse of Jia Lian coming out from the corner of her eye, and realized that her embarrassment might have been seen by Jia Lian, she looked even more embarrassed, and even her face turned a little red.
Seeing her appearance, Jiao Xing quickly remembered what Jia Yucun said:
"Although Daiyu is precociously intelligent, she is melancholic by nature and is not good at words. She is used to hiding her thoughts in her heart and does not like to talk to others.
When she was my student, she would not ask me for advice unless I took the initiative to take the test. I thought she was also a student who was tired of studying, but she didn't expect that she would take the test the next day without urging me to assign any homework.
But on the chest, I secretly admired it.
Her intelligence is far beyond what a child of her age should have.
Mr. Lin is worthy of being called Tan Hua Lang, and his daughter must have inherited his literary wisdom."
So Jiao Xing stopped talking, patted the back of her hand, bowed to Jia Lian on the corridor, and then took her daughter away.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Daiyu watched Jiao and Xing leave. She turned around and found that Jia Lian had already walked down the steps and came to her, looking down at her with a smile.
"why are you laughing!"
Daiyu seemed a little embarrassed.
"Hahaha, I'm laughing. Our sharp-tongued Xiaoxiangzi looks like a gourd with a sawed mouth in front of her mistress. She is completely different from the way she shows her teeth and claws in front of us."
Upon hearing this, Daiyu blushed, glared at Jia Lian, and turned around to leave.
Jia Lian quickly took her hand and said with a smile: "Why do you have to leave after finally coming to my place? If others see it, they will think that I have bullied you again."
"Bah, who are you arguing with? I'm here to see Qiao girl, please let go of me."
Seeing that Daiyu couldn't leave and was afraid of being seen being "close" to Jia Lian, Daiyu quickly glanced around the courtyard, shook off Jia Lian's hand, and hurried to the east chamber.
Seeing how everything in her heart was written on her face, Jia Lian couldn't help but laugh. When the beautiful Lin in front heard this, she stepped very fast and disappeared behind the curtain in the blink of an eye.
This cute gesture really made Jia Lian like her to the core.
That is to say, Jia Lian doesn't know Jia Yucun's evaluation of Daiyu. If he knew, he would definitely laugh at Jia Yucun.
Fortunately, he is still a second-class Jinshi. He can't even understand the thoughts of a little girl, and he still says that Daiyu is not good at speaking?
He didn't see that when Daiyu opened her mouth, the other friends, as she often said, were speechless and gnashing their teeth!
On the contrary, it is estimated that when Daiyu was a disciple of Jia Yucun, she had already regarded Jia Yucun as an old scholar with a high air. In front of such an old scholar, Daiyu naturally behaved "not good at words"
Already.
In fact, it's not that I'm unkind, it's that I don't want to talk at all.